[Bug 551545] [NEW] PXE netboot not booting localboot from virtio-disk

[Christian Roessner]

Public bug reported:

Binary package hint: qemu-kvm

lsb_release -rd
Description:	Ubuntu lucid (development branch)
Release:	10.04

apt-cache policy qemu-kvm
qemu-kvm:
  Installiert: 0.12.3+noroms-0ubuntu3
  Kandidat: 0.12.3+noroms-0ubuntu3
  Versions-Tabelle:
 *** 0.12.3+noroms-0ubuntu3 0
        500 http://intranet/ubuntu/ lucid/main Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

Description of the problem:

Starting a guest like this:

vdekvm \
  -m 256M \
  -cpu host \
  -smp 1 \
  -name karmic \
  -boot order=nc \
  -drive file=/dev/vg01/test,if=virtio,boot=on,cache=none \
  -net nic,vlan=0,macaddr=00:2f:8d:b6:cf:d0,model=virtio \
  -net vde,vlan=0,sock=/var/run/vde2/vde0.ctl \
  -watchdog i6300esb \
  -vnc :0 \
  -serial telnet:localhost:23,server,nowait \
  -monitor tcp:127.0.0.1:12000,server,nowait \
  -runas kvmguest

On "telnet localhost" you can see that the following boot-menu appears:

- Boot Menu -
=============

local
rescue

It is loaded from this pxelinux.cfg/default file:

SERIAL 0 9600n8

DISPLAY boot.txt

TIMEOUT 120
DEFAULT local
PROMPT 1

LABEL local
	localboot 0

LABEL rescue
	kernel lucid
	append initrd=lucid-initrd.gz rescue/enable=true -- quiet console=ttyS0,9600n8


After the timeout, the guest tries to boot, but fails and reloads the boot menu. This is an endless loop, until I break it or choose the rescue menu entry.

I would expect that it boots from first virtio-disk

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 10.04
Package: qemu-kvm 0.12.3+noroms-0ubuntu3
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.32-18.27-generic 2.6.32.10+drm33.1
Uname: Linux 2.6.32-18-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
Date: Tue Mar 30 11:40:59 2010
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64
MachineType: MICRO-STAR INTERANTIONAL CO.,LTD MS-7368
ProcCmdLine: root=UUID=0d27271c-feaa-40d9-bbbd-baff4ca1d3cc rw init=/bin/bash
ProcEnviron:
 LANG=de_DE.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: qemu-kvm
dmi.bios.date: 10/31/2007
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: V1.5B2
dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.board.name: MS-7368
dmi.board.vendor: MICRO-STAR INTERANTIONAL CO.,LTD
dmi.board.version: 1.0
dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.chassis.version: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrV1.5B2:bd10/31/2007:svnMICRO-STARINTERANTIONALCO.,LTD:pnMS-7368:pvr1.0:rvnMICRO-STARINTERANTIONALCO.,LTD:rnMS-7368:rvr1.0:cvnToBeFilledByO.E.M.:ct3:cvrToBeFilledByO.E.M.:
dmi.product.name: MS-7368
dmi.product.version: 1.0
dmi.sys.vendor: MICRO-STAR INTERANTIONAL CO.,LTD

** Affects: qemu-kvm (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New


** Tags: amd64 apport-bug lucid

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PXE netboot not booting localboot from virtio-disk
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/551545
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